Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.

They are known generally as wedgescales.

Species

  • Sphenopholis filiformis - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA
  • Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii)
  • Sphenopholis interrupta - CO OK AZ NM TX LA, Baja California
  • Sphenopholis longiflora - Texas wedgescale - TX OK AR LA
  • Sphenopholis nitida - shiny wedgescale - Ontario, eastern half of United States
  • Sphenopholis obtusata - prairie wedgescale - widespread in contiguous United States + southern Canada, plus Hawaii, Mexico + Hispaniola
  • Sphenopholis × pallens - scattered locations in eastern half of USA—hybrid S. obtusata × S. pensylvanica
  • Sphenopholis pensylvanica - swamp wedgescale - eastern half of USA